Indian ocean tsunami case study
- Created by: L. P.
- Created on: 10-04-13 13:01
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- Indian Ocean Tsunami, 26th December 2004.
- What plates were involved?
- Indo-Australian & Eurasian.
- Indo-Australian subducted beneath the Eurasian plate.
- Eurasian plate rose several metres high, causing a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
- Biggest earthquake ever recorded.
- Eurasian plate rose several metres high, causing a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
- Main effects?
- 300,000 killed by the wave.
- Villages destroyed.
- Millions homeless.
- Economy damaged.
- Hospitals and Clinics washed away when needed most.
- Estimated cost- $5 billion.
- What plates were involved?
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